King Tut did it and now you can too.
A Utah firm will ensure that your body remains well-preserved in its passage from this life through mummificiation.
”It`s a very profound form of memorialization,” says Corky Ra, founder of Salt Lake City-based Summum, which offers the service worldwide.
What`s the process? Clients must contract for the service before their deaths-it can`t be authorized by family. When expiration occurs, and following a funeral, the body is then preserved in a chemical-and-herb concoction.
Next it`s wrapped in linen, sealed in plastic and encased in a bronze casket. Trademarked by the company as Mummiforms, the vessels-in Egyptian, Renaissance or fewer-frills Capsule styles-are crafted with the deceased`s likeness. The Mummiform then is transported to its final resting place in a mausoleum of the deceased`s choice.
The cost: $2,000 to $30,000.
Ra says about 130 people-primarly professionals in their 30s and 40s-have signed up for the service.
Celebrities are among the clientele, Ra adds, but says they don`t want their wishes revealed.
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”They`re written about in the tabloids all the time,” he says. ”But actually, they`re very conservative.”